[JimRed]

I can’t disagree, but you have to play the hand you’ve been dealt, or fold. Would you rather forfeit to Obama or the Beast?

That, by the way, is a rhetorical question. I’d rather have a more conservative ticket (Thompson, Hunter, J.C. Watts, etc.) but it didn’t happen.

[Man50D]

I can’t disagree, but you have to play the hand you’ve been dealt, or fold.

The GOP has been folding for some time by incrementally aligning itself with the socialist Democrats to expand the GOP voter base with the result being increasingly socialist GOP candidates. It is the proverbial from in the pot of water gradually getting cooked without knowing they are being cooked. Playing with the hand your dealt with is another way of saying it is acceptable to cede some conservative principles for just a little more socialism in order to defeat socialism. It's a defeatist attitude that will result in the type of government you oppose.